The overall objective of this project is to develop low-emission transport systems for European cities, specifically this means: Use of hydrogen as an alternative motor fuel, produced as primary or waste stream in a chemical plant or alternatively through small 'on-site' production facilities. Development of infrastructure systems for hydrogen consisting of hydrogen production, compression, storage and distribution equipment and integration of these in conventional refuelling stations. Adaptation and demonstration of 700 bar refuelling technology for hydrogen. Demonstration of hydrogen as an alternative fuel via automobile-fleet field tests at two different urban locations in the EU, Rhein-Main, Germany and Lombardia, Italy. Showing ways and prospects for faster penetration of hydrogen as a zero-emission alternative motor fuel in the transportation market at short and medium term. Hydrogen sources are available at locations near the envisaged refuelling stations. The conventional part of the refuelling stations will also be made available for the project. Multiple solutions for infrastructure development for hydrogen will be addressed: pipelining and trailers from a centralized production facility as well as local 'on site' H2 production. The pipeline for 800 bar hydrogen will have a length of about 2 km. Questions about which material to choose, mechanical design and safety have to be solved. Nevertheless high pressure pipelines are an interesting commercially attractive alternative to on site generation and compression. Car fleets will be delivered and implemented by the automobile manufacturers DaimlerChrysler and Fiat. Field tests with zero-emission fuel-cell vehicles will be performed by respective city transport authorities and the airport authority in the Rhein-Main region. The car fleets will serve for local deliveries, taxi operations, passenger transfer etc. Technical as well as socio-economic evaluations of field tests will lead to suggestions and models for faster penetration of hydrogen as an alternative motor fuel over larger urban areas in the EU. Experience gained during the field tests and results obtained in this project will contribute to the objective of the European Commission of 5 % substitution by hydrogen as an alternative motor fuel in the road transport sector by the year 2020.
Development and demonstration of 800-bar compression and pipeline technology for hydrogen infrastructure systems
Entwicklung und Demonstration einer 800-bar-Kompressions- und -Pipeline-Technologie für Wasserstoff-Infrastruktursysteme
2004
14 Seiten, 5 Bilder
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
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